Ezekiel 48

Bible in Basic English (BBE)

1 Ref Now these are the names of the tribes: from the north end, from the west on the way of Hethlon to the way into Hamath, in the direction of Hazar-enon, with the limit of Damascus to the north, by Hamath; and on the limit from the east side to the west side: Dan, one part.

2 Ref And on the limit of Dan, from the east side to the west side: Asher, one part.

3 Ref And on the limit of Asher, from the east side to the west side: Naphtali, one part.

4 Ref And on the limit of Naphtali, from the east side to the west side: Manasseh, one part.

5 Ref And on the limit of Manasseh, from the east side to the west side: Ephraim, one part.

6 Ref And on the limit of Ephraim, from the east side to the west side: Reuben, one part.

7 Ref And on the limit of Reuben, from the east side to the west side: Judah, one part.

8 Ref And on the limit of Judah, from the east side to the west side, will be the offering which you are to make, twenty-five thousand wide, and as long as one of the parts, from the east side to the west side: and the holy place will be in the middle of it.

9 The offering you will give to the Lord is to be twenty-five thousand long and twenty-five thousand wide.

10 Ref And for these, that is the priests, the holy offering is to be twenty-five thousand long to the north, ten thousand wide to the west, ten thousand wide to the east and twenty-five thousand long to the south; and the holy place of the Lord will be in the middle of it.

11 Ref For the priests who have been made holy, those of the sons of Zadok who kept the orders I gave them, who did not go out of the right way when the children of Israel went from the way, as the Levites did,

12 Ref Even for them will be the offering from the offering of the land, a thing most holy, on the limit of the land given to the Levites.

13 Ref And the Levites are to have a part of the land equal to the limit of the priests', twenty-five thousand long and ten thousand wide, all of it together to be twenty-five thousand long and twenty thousand wide.

14 Ref And they are not to let any of it go for a price, or give it in exchange; and the part of the land given to the Lord is not to go into other hands: for it is holy to the Lord.

15 Ref And the other five thousand, measured from side to side, in front of the twenty-five thousand, is to be for common use, for the town, for living in and for a free space: and the town will be in the middle of it.

16 Ref And these will be its measures: the north side, four thousand five hundred, and the south side, four thousand five hundred, and on the east side, four thousand five hundred, and on the west side, four thousand five hundred.

17 And the town will have a free space on the north of two hundred and fifty, on the south of two hundred and fifty, on the east of two hundred and fifty, and on the west of two hundred and fifty.

18 Ref And the rest, in measure as long as the holy offering, will be ten thousand to the east and ten thousand to the west: and its produce will be for food for the workers of the town.

19 Ref It will be farmed by workers of the town from all the tribes of Israel.

20 Ref The size of the offering all together is to be twenty-five thousand by twenty-five thousand: you are to make the holy offering a square, together with the property of the town.

21 Ref And the rest is to be for the prince, on this side and on that side of the holy offering and of the property of the town, in front of the twenty-five thousand to the east, as far as the east limit, and to the west, in front of the twenty-five thousand, as far as the west limit, and of the same measure as those parts; it will be the property of the prince: and the holy offering and holy place of the house will be in the middle of it.

22 And the property of the Levites and the property of the town will be in the middle of the prince's property; between the limit of Judah's part and the limit of Benjamin's part will be for the prince.

23 Ref And as for the rest of the tribes: from the east side to the west side: Benjamin, one part.

24 Ref And on the limit of Benjamin, from the east side to the west side: Simeon, one part.

25 Ref And on the limit of Simeon, from the east side to the west side: Issachar, one part.

26 Ref And on the limit of Issachar, from the east side to the west side: Zebulun, one part.

27 Ref And on the limit of Zebulun, from the east side to the west side: Gad one part.

28 Ref And on the limit of Gad, on the south side and to the south of it, the limit will be from Tamar to the waters of Meribath-kadesh, to the stream, to the Great Sea.

29 Ref This is the land of which distribution is to be made by the decision of the Lord, among the tribes of Israel for their heritage, and these are their heritages, says the Lord.

30 Ref And these are the outskirts of the town: on the north side, four thousand five hundred by measure;

31 Ref And the doors of the town are to be named by the names of the tribes of Israel; three doors on the north, one for Reuben, one for Judah, one for Levi;

32 And at the east side, four thousand five hundred by measure, and three doors, one for Joseph, one for Benjamin, one for Dan;

33 And at the south side, four thousand five hundred by measure, and three doors, one for Simeon, one for Issachar, one for Zebulun;

34 At the west side, four thousand five hundred by measure, with their three doors, one for Gad, one for Asher, one for Naphtali.

35 Ref It is to be eighteen thousand all round: and the name of the town from that day will be, The Lord is there.

Young's Literal Translation (YLT)

1 Ref And these `are' the names of the tribes: From the north end unto the side of the way of Hethlon, at the coming in to Hamath, Hazar-Enan, the border of Damascus northward, unto the side of Hamath, and they have been his -- side east and west, Dan one,

2 Ref and by the border of Dan, from the east side unto the west side, Asher one,

3 Ref and by the border of Asher, from the east side even unto the west side, Naphtali one,

4 Ref and by the border of Naphtali, from the east side unto the west side, Manasseh one,

5 Ref and by the border of Manasseh, from the east side unto the west side, Ephraim one,

6 Ref and by the border of Ephraim, from the east side even unto the west side, Reuben one,

7 Ref and by the border of Reuben, from the east side unto the west side, Judah one,

8 Ref and by the border of Judah, from the east side unto the west side is the heave-offering that ye lift up, five and twenty thousand broad and long, as one of the parts, from the east side unto the west side: and the sanctuary hath been in its midst.

9 The heave-offering that ye lift up to Jehovah `is' five and twenty thousand long, and broad ten thousand.

10 Ref And of these is the holy heave-offering for the priests, northward five and twenty thousand, and westward `in' breadth ten thousand, and eastward `in' breadth ten thousand, and southward `in' length five and twenty thousand: and the sanctuary of Jehovah hath been in its midst.

11 Ref For the priests who are sanctified of the sons of Zadok, who have kept My charge, who erred not in the erring of the sons of Israel, as the Levites erred,

12 Ref even the heave-offering hath been to them, out of the heave-offering of the land, most holy, by the border of the Levites.

13 Ref `And `to' the Levites over-against the border of the priests `are' five and twenty thousand `in' length, and `in' breadth ten thousand, all the length `is' five and twenty thousand, and the breadth ten thousand.

14 Ref And they do not sell of it, nor exchange, nor cause to pass away the first-fruit of the land: for `it is' holy to Jehovah.

15 Ref And the five thousand that is left in the breadth, on the front of the five and twenty thousand, is common -- for the city, for dwelling, and for suburb, and the city hath been in its midst.

16 Ref And these `are' its measures: the north side five hundred, and four thousand, and the south side five hundred, and four thousand, and on the east side five hundred, and four thousand, and the west side five hundred, and four thousand.

17 And the suburb to the city hath been northward, fifty and two hundred, and southward, fifty and two hundred, and eastward, fifty and two hundred, and westward, fifty and two hundred.

18 Ref `And the residue in length over-against the heave-offering of the holy `portion is' ten thousand eastward, and ten thousand westward, and it hath been over-against the heave-offering of the holy `portion', and its increase hath been for food to the servants of the city,

19 Ref even `to' him who is serving the city, they serve it out of all the tribes of Israel.

20 Ref All the heave-offering `is' five and twenty thousand by five and twenty thousand, square do ye lift up the heave-offering of the holy `portion' with the possession of the city.

21 Ref `And the residue `is' for the prince, on this side and on that side of the heave-offering of the holy `portion', and of the possession of the city, on the front of the five and twenty thousand of the heave-offering unto the east border, and westward, on the front of the five and twenty thousand on the west border, over-against the portions of the prince; and the heave-offering of the holy `portion', and the sanctuary of the house, hath been in its midst.

22 And from the possession of the Levites, from the possession of the city, in the midst of that which is to the prince, between the border of Judah and the border of Benjamin, there is to the prince.

23 Ref `As to the rest of the tribes, from the east side unto the west side, Benjamin one,

24 Ref and by the border of Benjamin, from the east side unto the west side, Simeon one,

25 Ref and by the border of Simeon, from the east side unto the west side, Issachar one,

26 Ref and by the border of Issachar, from the east side unto the west side, Zebulun one,

27 Ref and by the border of Zebulun, from the east side unto the west side, Gad one,

28 Ref and by the border of Gad, at the south side southward, the border hath been from Tamar `to' the waters of Meriboth-Kadesh, the stream by the great sea.

29 Ref This `is' the land that ye separate by inheritance to the tribes of Israel, and these `are' their portions -- an affirmation of the Lord Jehovah.

30 Ref `And these `are' the outgoings of the city on the north side, five hundred, and four thousand measures.

31 Ref And the gates of the city `are' according to the names of the tribes of Israel; three gates northward: the gate of Reuben one, the gate of Judah one, the gate of Levi one.

32 And on the east side five hundred, and four thousand, and three gates: the gate of Joseph one, the gate of Benjamin one, the gate of Dan one.

33 And the south side five hundred, and four thousand measures, and three gates: the gate of Simeon one, the gate of Issachar one, the gate of Zebulun one.

34 The west side five hundred, and four thousand, their gates three: the gate of Gad one, the gate of Asher one, the gate of Naphtali one.

35 Ref Round about `is' eighteen thousand, and the renown of the city `is' from the day Jehovah `is' there.'

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